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Homemade Pie Crust

Homemade Pie Crust — a pastry recipe, 4 ingredients, about 30 min.

30 min · Pastry

contains gluten

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Ingredients

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  • 225 grams (1 cup) all-purpose flour
  • 2.5 ml (½ teaspoon) salt
  • 230 ml (1 cup) cold vegetable shortening
  • 30 ml (2 tablespoons) cold water (add 15 ml of water as needed)

Steps

  1. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl.
  2. Cut in vegetable shortening with a pastry blender or two knives, until mixture is crumbly.
  3. Sprinkle with cold water; mix just until mixture holds together.
  4. Shape dough into a ball; place on lightly floured surface.
  5. Roll out dough to 3 mm (⅛ inch) thickness.
  6. Line pie plate with pastry.
  7. Trim around perimeter for 2 cm (1 inch) overhang to fold under and crimp as desired (see pie crust edges below).

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0